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February 2014

February 16, 2014

CSM cover story on American Muslims

Given all the attention that Islam and Muslims get today and all anxiety that exists...

November 2013

November 17, 2013

The scourge of Veil Porn

I have a complicated take on veils (by which I mean actual veils, not the...

January 2013

January 01, 2013

Fasting during pregnancy

[This was originally an extended postscript on last week's post, "Yuletide musings on the Ramadan...

October 2011

October 08, 2011

Marriage, motherhood, & the Nuclear Option

There's a wonderful post on Imam Suhaib Webb's website on the need for the Muslim...

April 2011

April 16, 2011

Timely report on French women and the veil

A very timely study on Muslim women and the veil in France has just been...

August 2009

August 30, 2009

Marietal doublestandards about Muslim women

Reacting to an idiotically misogynist comment on my blog, I posted the following status update...

August 02, 2009

A modern-day Scheherazade in Khartoum

A disturbing case of stupidity and intolerance masquerading as Islamic law in Sudan. Sudan trouser...

June 2009

June 28, 2009

The personal is theological

Two years ago, I shared a great cartoon commentary on hijab in "The infinite varieties...

May 2008

May 14, 2008

Yoginder Sikand on “unveiling the hidden history of women ulema”

Yoginder Sikand has an informative book review of a pioneering book written in Urdu (yes,...

March 2008

March 07, 2008

Oil, the bane of Muslim women

Check out this fascinating examination of the role of oil in retarding the advancement of...

June 2007

June 04, 2007

The infinite varieties of hijab

Doing a web search, I came across an entertaining cartoon drawn by Syrian cartoonist Puppeteer...

February 2007

February 28, 2007

Free yourselves, Muslim women!

I don't have time to comment at length, but check out this gem of neo-colonial...

February 08, 2007

Turkish govt to censor hadiths

I blogged elsewhere about a harebrained and counterproductive Turkish scheme to publish a "politically correct"...

June 2006

June 06, 2006

The curious history of the codpiece

I generally steer away from racier topics, schizophrenic quasi-prude that I am. On the one...

March 2006

March 18, 2006

Go Lady Caliphs!

I have a heretical admission to make, given that March Madness is underway. Now that...

March 17, 2006

Polygamy in American life

I came across some interesting articles on polygamy on the occasion of the controversial HBO...

February 2006

February 10, 2006

Afghani women still subject to violence

The topic of this report isn't Islam or Afghani religious beliefs but I think it's...

January 2006

January 13, 2006

Shabana on “Clothes, Class and Religion”

My better half just blogged insightfully about the intersection of money, class and gender among...

December 2005

December 26, 2005

Why European women are turning to Islam

I'm not one of these Muslims who measure Muslim "success" or Islam's validity by conversion...

November 2005

November 15, 2005

A good “mullah”

There's an unsung hero in the Muktaran Mai case, and it's not the usual suspect. ...

November 09, 2005

Muslim Miss England raises some eyebrows

Some stimulating observations by Junaid Quadri about the coronation of an Afghani-born Muslim woman as...

October 2005

October 21, 2005

The Dars Ladies

Shabana wrote a wonderful, brilliant piece about "The Dars Lady" phenomenon among older Pakistani women...

October 02, 2005

Misplaced priorities over Sania Mirza

My wife Shabana wrote an article in alt.muslim a few days ago about the doublestandards...

July 2005

July 10, 2005

Women & mosques: Giving credit where it’s due

UmmZaid made the following observation about my entry on "Muslim organizations waking up to discrimination...

July 06, 2005

Online resources on Islam and gender

Came across a valuable resource on Islamic tradition and women. It is the Muslim Sexual...

June 2005

June 26, 2005

Muslim organizations waking up to discrimination in mosques

An intriguing paper entitled "Women Friendly Mosques" was recently published and is being widely promoted...

June 01, 2005

Should Muslim women be on Mt. Everest?

It appears that two Iranian women have become the first Muslim women to scale Mount...